This Reuters news story
- HYDERABAD, India (Reuters) – Tax defaulters in southern India are being forced to face the music after city authorities hired drummers to play non-stop outside their homes until they pay up.
After many residents ignored repeated demands to settle overdue property taxes. authorities in a city in Andhra Pradesh state have sent 20 groups of drummers to play outside offenders’ houses for the past week.
“They put up a spectacle outside the houses of defaulters, draw them out and explain their dues to them and the need to clear it at the earliest,” said T.S.R. Anjaneyulu, municipal commissioner of Rajahmundry city.
“They don’t stop until people agree to clear the dues.”
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Continuous drumming, that sounds like a productive use of resources.
Any word on cowbells?
“Any word on cowbells?”
I heard it needs more cowbell.
What needs to happen is a private enterprise surge in drum manufacturing accompanied by a private citizen initiative to rally-with-drums every time a public official tries to give a speech somewhere.
What will likely happen is a widespread and meek retreat into tax slavery, all because of noise.
We should perhaps help the tax resisters by selling them earplugs….
And more news from India: ‘India hopes to wean citizens from gold’
Marcus that’s actually a good thing because India will be able to use gold as currency instead of the funny stuff they are supposed to use for money
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